Helping the Bottom Line

Helping the Bottom Line

America’s schools waste 25–30 percent of the energy they
consume.1 Fortunately, the data that’s being generated by
your building controls can tell you whether or not your facility is
among those wasting energy. Trane® building professionals
can transform this data into actionable insights that will optimize
your building’s performance and impact your bottom line through
reduced utility costs.

Energy services partner

Through Trane
Building Advantage™,
our building professionals utilize advanced building management
systems and service expertise to enhance energy management. We
provide an ongoing partnership that identifies goals based on your
school district’s needs and budget. This results in scalable
solutions that deliver the level of service and support you require,
targeted recommendations, implementation expertise, and proof that
your system is impacting the bottom line.

Simplified procurement

Our contract with cooperative purchasing alliance U.S.
Communities™ enables us to offer our HVAC systems, advanced
controls, building contracting and energy services while satisfying
competitive bid requirements for most state and local government
agencies. This provides your school with the opportunity to get the
best system for your needs long term, not simply the lowest-cost
option today.

Removing financial barriers

Trane can help school districts take advantage of financing options
required to implement much-needed HVAC upgrades and other energy
conservation measures with minimal capital investment. As the
improvements bring in the projected energy cost savings, the new
equipment can pay for itself. This is how Trane has helped schools
achieve over a billion dollars in operating improvements over the years.

Energy conservation is everyone's responsibility

Installing energy efficient school systems is only half of the
challenge. Making sure that students, teachers and staff are actively
engaged in using energy responsibly is a critical component of any
school efficiency approach. Begin by considering what K-12 energy
consumption looks like in America:

Calculate the savings

The energy conservation measures (ECMs) Trane recommends—and the
resulting financial benefits—will be unique to your district and based
on the condition of your buildings. In general, Trane has found that
implementing upgrades to achieve performance improvements typically
yields the following energy savings:

Energy savings

A declining enrollment and lower revenues left Homestead
High School with the challenge of determining ways to reduce
costs, while maintaining an environment conducive to learning, and
supportive of significant after hours use of the facility by the
community. With fewer dollars available to pay rising gas and electric
bills, as well as significant demand charges, the school sought ways
to save by implementing energy saving strategies, setting energy
consumption targets, creating awareness regarding the cost of
community events, engaging students, and enabling more effective
decision making by facility managers and school administrators.